Carnitine homeostasis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Krähenbühl, Stephan ^a   Willer, Barbara ^a   Brühlmann, Pius ^a   Hoppeler, Hans ^b   Stucki, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Carnitine palmitoyltransferase; Fatty acid metabolism; Muscle strength; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICS; CARNITINE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 18244430907     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00161-2     Document Type: Article

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